stuff

  • 21stuff — stuff1 [ stʌf ] noun uncount INFORMAL *** ▸ 1 variety of things ▸ 2 material/substance ▸ 3 qualities/behavior ▸ 4 general information ▸ 5 nonsense ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) a variety of objects or things: What s all this stuff on my desk? By the time we… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 22stuff — I UK [stʌf] / US noun [uncountable] informal *** 1) a variety of objects or things What s all this stuff on my desk? By the time we got to the sale, all the good stuff was gone. a) the things that belong to a particular person or activity or in a …

    English dictionary

  • 23stuff — 1 /stVf/ noun (U) 1 SUBSTANCE informal a kind of substance or material: What s that stuff you re drinking? | The dress was made of silky stuff. 2 THINGS informal a number of different things: How do you think you re going to fit all that stuff… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 24stuff — [[t]stʌ̱f[/t]] ♦♦ stuffs, stuffing, stuffed 1) N UNCOUNT: usu with supp You can use stuff to refer to things such as a substance, a collection of things, events, or ideas, or the contents of something in a general way without mentioning the thing …

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  • 25stuff — /stʌf / (say stuf) noun 1. the material of which anything is made. 2. material to be worked upon, or to be used in making something. 3. matter or material indefinitely: cushions filled with some soft stuff. 4. woven material or fabric. 5.… …

  • 26stuff — stuffless, adj. /stuf/, n. 1. the material of which anything is made: a hard, crystalline stuff. 2. material to be worked upon or to be used in making something: wood, steel, and other stuff for building. 3. material of some unspecified kind: a… …

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  • 27stuff — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French estuffes goods, from estuffer to fill in (with rubble), furnish, equip, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German stopfōn to stop up, from Vulgar Latin *stuppare more at stop Date: 14th… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 28stuff — n. & v. n. 1 the material that a thing is made of; material that may be used for some purpose. 2 a substance or things or belongings of an indeterminate kind or a quality not needing to be specified (there s a lot of stuff about it in the… …

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  • 29stuff — I n. (colloq.) subject matter 1) to know one s stuff 2) heady ( exciting ); kid ( elementary ) stuff; the same old stuff knowledge, ability 3) to show one s stuff 4) (AE) the stuff to + inf. (she has the stuff to succeed) 5) (misc.) (esp. AE) the …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 30stuff*/*/*/ — [stʌf] noun [U] informal I 1) objects, or things What s all this stuff on my desk?[/ex] By the time we got to the sale, all the good stuff was gone.[/ex] I spend most of my time doing really boring stuff.[/ex] 2) a material, or a substance The… …

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